Luke 11:36 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 11:36

So if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, you will be radiant, as though a lamp were shining on you.”

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ASV

If therefore thy whole body be full of light, having no part dark, it shall be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining doth give thee light.

KJV

If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.

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Commentary

2 voices

Origen of Alexandria

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (253)

That is, If thy material body, when the light of a candle shines upon it, is made full of light, so that not one of thy members is any longer in darkness; much more when thou sinnest not, shall thy whole spiritual body be so full of light, that its brightness may be compared to the shining of a candle, while the light which was in the body, and which used to be darkness, is directed whithersoever the understanding may command.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The whole shall be full of light - Or, altogether enlightened; i.e. when the eye is perfect, it enlightens the whole body. Every object within the reach of the eye is as completely seen as if there was an eye in every part. So the eye is to every part of the body what the lamp is to every part of the house. When the light of Christ dwells fully in the heart, it extends its influence to every thought, word, and action; and directs its possessor how he is to act in all places and circumstances.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2109: “The Eye and the Light” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1889)

IN this parable, our Lord Jesus Christ is the Light. Some saw His brightness, and were even dazzled by it, as was that woman who cried, "Blessed is the womb that bore You and the paps which You have sucked." The malicious saw not His light but even dared to impute His miracles to the Prince of Darkness. Others professed to see so little light in Him that they demanded a sign from Heaven. Our Lord's constant answer was to go shining on. He was meant to be observed, even as a lamp is intended to be seen.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἰ	ei	If	G1487 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
σῶμά	sōma	body	G4983 →
σου	sou	of you	G4771 →
ὅλον	holon	[is] full	G3650 →
φωτεινὸν	phōteinon	of light	G5460 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ἔχον	echon	having	G2192 →
μέρος	meros	part	G3313 →
τι	ti	any	G5100 →
σκοτεινόν,	skoteinon	dark,	G4652 →
ἔσται	estai	it will be	G1510 →
φωτεινὸν	phōteinon	light	G5460 →
ὅλον,	holon	all,	G3650 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
ὅταν	hotan	when	G3752 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
λύχνος	luchnos	lamp	G3088 →
τῇ	tēa	so the	G3588 →
ἀστραπῇ	astrapēa	shining	G796 →
φωτίζῃ	phōtizē	may light	G5461 →
σε.¶	se	you.	G4771 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Through
2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of…
leads to
- 2 Peter 1:19
  We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 60:2
  For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you.
- Genesis 1:3
  And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
- 1 Peter 2:9
  But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Ephesians 5:8
  For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
Through
Proverbs 20:27
The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 2:11
  For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
- Hebrews 4:12–13
  For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
- Job 32:8
  But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

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About Luke